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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what condition is the Main Character at the beginning of Chapter 41?
(a) He is drunk and hung-over.
(b) He is full of hope for the first time in years.
(c) He is sick with a fever and vomiting.
(d) He is sobbing and filled with despair.

2. What happened to the Sheep Professor in 1935?
(a) He created the Sheep.
(b) He observed a friend who was controlled by the Sheep.
(c) He was entered by the Sheep.
(d) He gave the Sheep its powers and its star marking.

3. On what basis do the Girlfriend and the Main Character select a hotel to stay in?
(a) Its proximity to their location.
(b) Its name.
(c) A recommendation from a local.
(d) The ad in the phone book.

4. What do the Main Character and the Girlfriend discuss after arriving at the station in Chapter 24?
(a) Time saved by their mode of transportation.
(b) The Girlfriend's ears.
(c) God's inefficiencies.
(d) The downfalls of naming a child.

5. Where does the Sheep Professor tell the Main Character and the Girlfriend that it is considered a blessing for a sheep to enter a human?
(a) Northern China and Mongolia.
(b) Southern China and Vietnam.
(c) Nepal.
(d) Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Main Character doing on the tenth day of his visit when the Sheep Man returns to the villa?

2. Where does the man begin his part of the search for the sheep?

3. Where does the couple first take a train to in Chapter 29?

4. Whom is the Kipper referred to in the name of Chapter 24?

5. What do the Main Character and the Girlfriend observe as they go further up the mountain road?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the Sheep able to control the Rat?

2. Explain the caretaker's feelings about escorting the Main Character and the Girlfriend up that mountain.

3. How does the Limo Driver feel about the cat?

4. Was the Main Character a good choice for the Strange Man's sheep finding mission?

5. How are the sheep at the sheep farm similar to the people that the Sheep is trying to control?

6. Is the Cat or the Main Character more at home in the world? Please fully support your answer.

7. Who is responsible for the Strange Man's death?

8. Aside from her powerful ears, is the Girlfriend a help or a hindrance to the Main Character?

9. What factors contribute to the eerie feeling of the area near the villa in Junitaki?

10. What is the importance of time to the characters in Chapter 24?

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